Episode 15: Dr. Monica Gandhi

Dr. Monica Gandhi is the director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the Medical Director of the HIV Clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital ("Ward 86.")

We’re all angry because we’re sad. We look at movies and everyone’s crowded together, and we really miss that. And I promise it'll come back. But even if it doesn’t come back completely normally, please evaluate what gives your life meaning, and spend time with people. Because it’s not actually about school closures or business closures or other things. It’s about our humanity–why we want to be together.

Notes and references from this episode: 

Joan Didion's 'lost' commencement address, revealed - Joan Didion (via J.D. Warren, UC Riverside)

Tracking coronavirus hospitalizations in California by county - John Osborn D'agostino and Lo Bénichou, CalMatters

Patients hospitalized for COVID-19 this year could pay thousands of dollars, study suggests - Kara Gavin, University of Michigan Health Lab

California surpasses 7 million coronavirus cases, adding 1 million in one week - Luke Money and Rong-Gong Lin II, LA Times

Sacramento County breaks record for hospitalized COVID cases amid omicron surge - Michael McGough, The Sacramento Bee

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH - UCSF profile page

@MonicaGandhi9 - Dr. Monica Gandhi, Twitter

Monica Gandhi is S.F.’s outlier COVID expert. Her view on it: ‘I’m not saying anything crazy’ - Ryan Kost, SF Chronicle

Coronavirus in the U.S.: Latest Map and Case Count - NY Times

Overcaution carries its own danger to children, by Monica Gandhi, The Atlantic

Eric Goosby, MD - UCSF profile page

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